Fathers might need help to see that babies love not just milk but breastfeeding's warm skin-to-skin, face-to-face contact (which fathers can provide without added equipment). Maybe we could share info on Harry F. Harlow's well-known 1950s psychological experiment with sad little baby rhesus monkeys, separated from their real mothers and given two artificial surrogates -- a hard "wire-mesh mother" that gave milk and a soft warm "terrycloth mother." The babies spent most of their time with the comfort figure and retreated there in times of distress. Google reveals the experiment is discussed on a number of websites, such as http://coudformation.tripod.com/whyclothmother.html http://www.epub.org.br/cm/n13/experiment/affective/rhesus.html Come to think of it, this might be interesting to mothers who feel that they're loved just for their milk. Margaret Wills, LLLL, IBCLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html